NFL Films President Steve Sabol Dead at 69
Steve Sabol, the president of NFL Films who helped document pro football as it became the most popular sport in America, died Tuesday at age 69 after an 18-month fight against brain cancer.
Steve Sabol, the president of NFL Films who helped document pro football as it became the most popular sport in America, died Tuesday at age 69 after an 18-month fight against brain cancer.
Just in time for the new NFL season comes this piece of bank account-busting news.
Innovative touchdown celebrations are something of a dying art, thanks to the No Fun League’s penalties on excessive showboating. $10,000 fines have a way of making a player think twice before pulling out a prop in the end zone.
The National Football League will open its 2012 regular season next week with replacement officials, the league announced on Wednesday afternoon.
The NFL suspended four players on Wednesday for their involvement in the New Orleans Saints’ bounty system that encouraged players to injure opponents for financial rewards.
The 2012 NFL schedule was released by the league on Tuesday night. Each week of the 2012 NFL season is filled with divisional match-ups and conference rivalries, but these are the most interesting games.
The rest of the 2012 NFL season will be released in the coming weeks, but today the league's office said that the Dallas Cowboys and the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants will play in the NFL Kickoff game. The 2012 NFL season will officially start on Sept. 5th, at 8:30 p.m. EST at MetLife Stadium.
Did you watch the Super Bowl on Sunday night? According to Nielsen, you probably did since the telecast was the most-watched TV program ever.
Super Bowl XLVI features both the New England Patriots and the New York Giants seeking a fourth Super Bowl title for their respective franchises. Here’s how the matchup stacks up:
Super Bowl ads tend to have more longevity than traditional commercials thanks to their large budgets, creative freedom and overall goal to keep you glued to the TV between quarters. Some, however, aren't remembered for the joy they brought but rather for the public outcry they produced.
There is a long history of people trying to impersonate famous athletes – a recent example being of a fake Vince Young who posed as the Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback and tried to get young women to give him money for his “foundation.”
Nick Lower showed up at Super Bowl week’s Media Day on Tuesday looking an awful lot like New England Patriots’ star Tom Brady, but his motivation for impersonating the popular quarterback doesn’t seem quite so nefarious.